Architecture
Phone: 508-746-9097 Cape Cod, MA
Architecture
Phone: 508-746-9097 Cape Cod, MA |
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click to email Designer & Artist: Cheryl A. Perrault |
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Renovated View Entirely new structure designed and built on existing foundation. |
Shingle Style - The Buzzard's Bay House This charming Shingle Style House by-the-sea was once an existing ranch. On Cape Cod, there are hundreds of 50's-60's small ranch cottages on beautiful ocean front properties. Many home owners are converting these small cottages into year-round residences. Cheryl carefully listens to her client's needs and transforms an existing house with new massing and detail into a Shingle Style masterpiece. Four massive gable rooflines intersect to create space and volume. An 8'x8' observation tower offers panoramic views of Buzzards Bay and the Cape Cod Canal. The house is currently under construction by Sullivan Builders of Bourne.
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Designed & Constructed 1999-2000 |
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Renovated View This photo shows the new portico added to the re-shingled, renovated existing house. The new 1 car garage and master bedroom above is located on the left. |
Arts & Crafts - The Warren Cove House This small 20'x50' cottage is being be transformed into a charming Arts & Crafts Bungalow. Cheryl has been studying and incorporating authentic Arts & Crafts and Shingle Style Details in to all of her ocean front/view renovation projects. A new generous 1'-6" overhang with custom bungalow brackets will replace the existing rake board. A new portico and 1 car garage will be added to the front and left side. The existing windows, siding and roof shingles will be replaced and the interior walls partitions will be demolished to create an open multi-functional floor plan.
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Designed & to be constructed 2001 |
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The Shingle Style evolved in America between 1880-1900 |
Shingle Style - The Wild harbor House The Shingle Style evolved in America between 1880-1900. The identifying features of the style consist of wall and roof cladding of continuous wood shingles, steeply pitched rooflines - usually one or more that start at the ridge and sweep downward towards the 1st floor eave, covered porches, balconies, turrets, towers, asymmetrical facades that are balanced, intersecting cross gables, bay windows, elongated window proportions with a 6-8 light sash over 1 sash double hung type, stone and brick chimneys and irregular floor plans. |
Designed & constructed 2004-2005 |
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1800's Victorian Restoration This Victorian constructed in the late 1800's sits on six ocean front acres on Cape Cod |
The Splendid Survivor The Queen Anne Victorian style of Architecture became fashionable in America in the late 1800's. Their massing consisted of Gable roof-lines, semi-circular or three-quarter-circle bay windows and towers. In this picturesque view of this Victorian you can see a cone-shape roof topping a tower. The combination Gable/Jerk-in-Head roof line tops the 3rd floor studio attic space. The lower shed porch roof provides a balcony for the 2nd floor and wraps the 1st floor Dining and Great Room. The Victorian is currently undergoing restoration. |
Restoration-Renovation 2003 |
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New Construction The sketch above shows the entry portico to a 6,000 s.f. home which is constructed in Falmouth, MA |
Shingle Style - the Balley mountain House There is a wooded lot, at elevation 190 in Falmouth where this 6,000 s.f. residence is currently under construction. From the site, there is an incredible panoramic horizon view of the ocean from the Cape Cod Canal towards Woods Hole in Falmouth. When I first set-foot on the site and saw the view- WOW! - I never knew, in all my travels on Cape Cod, that there was an elevation this high that could capture so much of the Bourne-Falmouth coastline. I am honored to have had the opportunity to design a house for such a beautiful site. The Balley Mountain House is currently under construction. |
Designed 2003 |
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New House - corner view showing Front Gambrel, Corner Tower and Right Gambrel. A new shingle style house was designed on a corner lot. The main gambrel faces the main street. A tower office centers and rotates the massing around the corner to the side street connecting the gambrel garage. |
Shingle Style - The Cedar Ridge House As a teenager, I studied the master works of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. His lilly's, haystacks, cathedrals and poppy fields delighted my eye for hours. As I studied each piece individually, I noticed how skillfully he guided my eye around the painting. His use of color, light, shadows and shades ingeniously linked to each other kept my eye continuously circling around the piece. The lessons that I have learned though the observation of his work are with me in mine. Strong, deliberate, graceful lines, created by the rakes and eaves direct your eye from ridge to dormer to eave to base flare - up, down, around and back again. Every line connects encircling the piece continuously. Standing from a distance, your eye is guided. I am continually inspired by the lessons that I have learned in my perception of Monet's masterpieces: Relaxed yet Controlled... Elegant yet Bold... Playful yet Structured... Graceful yet Strong... |
Designed & Constructed 2004-2005 |
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Shingle Style Detail The corner weave, the shingled brackets, the double pitch roof line, the true divided lights and the flares are all details originating during the Victorian Era (late 1800's- early 1900's) |
Shingle Style - The Palmer Avenue House I have two favorite architects: William R. Emerson and, Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter. They both lived and practiced in the late 1800's through the mid 1900's. When I trace the evolution of Emerson's Shingle Style, I see his early works under the influence of the Queen Anne Victorians: fancy-cut shingles, ornate brackets, colonial pediments, varied gabled roofs, rosettes and detailed ornamentation. In his later years, his designs seemed to loose the ornamentation. In 1886 he designed house for Frederick Law Olmstead which is simple in massing and in detail. Wrapped in shingles, simple brackets, window placement by necessity and a graceful hip roof line are the strong elements that create the house he named "Felstead" built in Sunset, Deer Isle ME.
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2002-2003 |
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Renovated View The renovated house was once a small summer cottage. The above photo shows the new structure with its white cedar shingles (laced corners, custom brackets and base flare). |
Shingle Style - The Hen Cove House
Cheryl transformed an existing 30'x40' one level cottage into the charming Shingle Style Hen Cove House. The panoramic ocean views called for the romance of a 2nd level balcony. The massive gable roof line gracefully sweeps downward into an enclosed porch elegantly supported by a Tuscan column array. The existing house was lifted from its pile substructure while a sound foundation wall was poured below. The once-existing house resides on a sound foundation and Sullivan Builders have demolished/saved the existing structure to create the new Shingle Style massing. The 2 gable dormers are detailed with the Shingle Style wave shingle pattern and vertical flares. The Hen Cove House has become a landmark for beach cove walkers and boaters as they move around the Cove and the surrounding island. |
2000 |
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A Traditional Cape
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Cape on Bass river This House is built by the Bass River in Yarmouth. The photo to the left shows the 2 car garage and the front entry of the main house beyond. This Lot sits between two streets. The rear of the house has a detached guest house and a pool that are oriented towards the river and ocean views.
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2006 |
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The Music Box The locals have told me that they hear the music of cello rising from the cupola as the sun sets over the ocean in this old Cape Cod town. |
Shingle Style The Music Box
The owner's dream begins with an intent to build. The Artist begins to define the owner's dream illustrated with construction drawings.
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2007 |
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Concept Sketch |
Shingle Style - The Rocky Point House To the left is a concept sketch for a total renovation of an existing cottage. The new design will capture the ocean views with a new balcony, deck, covered porch and bonus 3rd floor attic studio. The existing floor plan will be reworked - relocating the kitchen to the opposite side of the house. The new kitchen will have the morning sun and a beautiful ocean view.
The Rocky Point House is currently under construction. |
2001 |
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The photo above shows the Front Gable and rounded entry porch. |
Shingle Style The Oyster's Pearl This house is located next to the "Gate Keeper" also featured on this website. We love our gables. This design has 4 perfect gables that all are the same shape and intersect at the midpoint of the ridges. The rounded entry porch offers shade in the summer and protection from the snow in the winter. Above the rounded covered porch is a rounded sun deck that is accessed through the master bedroom. |
2006 |
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The photo shows the Gate Keeper with Oyster's Pearl beyond |
Shingle Style - The Gate Keeper The Shingle Style is unique to America. It evolved in the late 1800's - early 1900's under the umbrella of the Victorian Style. Victorian Houses are known for their elaborate detailing, multi-colored walls, and steep pitch rooflines. The Shingle Style was inspired by a simpler way of life. Cottages, Barns and Out-Buildings served as a base for the style. The massing of the houses were simple. The facades were usually balanced as opposed to symmetrical. Shingles were used on side-walls and roofs to unify and simplify the sometimes complex geometry of rooflines, walk-out bays, covered porches, balconies, unique dormers and towers. |
2007 |
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"concept sketch" This is a quick concept sketch of what the renovated front elevation may look like |
Arts & Crafts The Red Brook Harbor House When Cheryl takes on a new Ocean View Renovation project, her client's needs help shape the design. Many existing ocean front cottages are clustered close to neighboring cottages and offer limited privacy. With this proposed design, awning windows with high sills will frame out the street and neighbors offering privacy for the owners in the new room added to the right. The proposed sketch will involve demolishing the existing roof line and replacing it with a graceful double pitched hip roof.
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2000 |
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New house photo |
Shingle Style Pricilla's Periwinkle This house was constructed on a vacant ocean front beach lot. So much of the New England Coast line is developed. It is unusual to find a lot on the ocean with a white sugar sand beach that has never had a house built on it.
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2007 |
